GREENCASTLE — It's the start of something great for one wrestler, the end of something great for another.

On Friday afternoon, Greencastle-Antrim High School's Wyatt Binkley and Cody Carbaugh will represent the Blue Devils at the District III/South Central AAA Regional Championships at Hersheypark Arena. At stake is a berth in the PIAA Championships two weeks later. The top four wrestlers from each weight class advance to the PIAA tournament at Giant Center in Hershey, March 7-9.

Binkley, a sophomore, is one of four sectional champions in the district tournament. Carbaugh, a senior, is the runner up from Section I.

"I like our draw," said G-A head coach Fred Yelton, who won't have to wait long between matches as Binkley will wrestle right out of the gates at 106 pounds and Carbaugh will follow at 113. "I think both kids are going to be successful, as long as they keep on doing what they're doing."

Binkley (23-5) has already set the bar high for himself. Binkley, who wrestled on the middle school team a year ago, showed no signs of being awestruck in last week's sectional tournament in Mechanicsburg. He pinned his first opponent in 1:49 and gutted out a 4-0 decision in the semifinals. He had a much easier time of it in the finals, an 8-2 decision against Cumberland Valley's Parker Hillard, who upset second seed Colin Runshaw of Chambersburg in the semifinals.

"Both can be right there in the mix," Yelton said.

The mix might be a little more challenging for Carbaugh, a senior and three-time district qualifier — at least on paper. Carbaugh ran into a buzzsaw in Chambersburg's Tanner Shoap in the sectional finals, losing 14-0.

But the slate is clean for all 16 wrestlers in each weight class, and each has a chance to work toward the ultimate goal of a Pennsylvania high school wrestler: a state championship.

"Shoap was a district champ last year and he was a state placer," Yelton said. "I was proud of how (Cody) wrestled in the first period. He didn't back down or try to run from him. He was aggressive."

Carbaugh is in the opposite bracket of Shoap, meaning they would square off in the finals if they met on the mat this weekend. Carbaugh (27-3) will wrestle New Oxford's Lake Laughman (24-8) in the first round.

"(Cody's) wrestling with a lot of urgency and a lot of confidence. The match against (Timothy Nordan) from Catoctin (in the Hub Cup Tournament) was a wake-up call for him. He wrestled a two-time state qualifier at the New Oxford Tournament (Kenny Yanovich from Pleasant Valley). Cody wrestled him real tough. He got a lot of confidence out of that. He's a senior, and you expect it to be that way. I think he knows he's right there with the best kids in the district."

Page 2 of 2 - Carbaugh was pinned by Nordan in the Hub Cup championship match and lost 6-1 to Yanovich in the New Oxford Tournament finals.

The senior — who won the Section I tournament last year at 106 pounds and finished fourth in the district tourney — beat fellow district qualifier Derek Wilson of South Western, 14-4, in the New Oxford tourney. He also beat James Buchanan's Hunter Faith. He was in the same bracket as Laughman at the New Oxford Tournament but didn't face him after Laughman lost to Wilson in the quarterfinals.

Binkley drew Palmyra's Evan Bogdan (28-6) in the first round.

"The one key element for both wrestlers is they are very consistent," Yelton said of Binkley and Carbaugh. "They don't get too high or too low. I look for that even temperament."

The one constant for both wrestlers is they are guaranteed consistent competition in the wrestling room to prepare for dual meets and tournaments throughout the season.

"Me and Cody are very good friends and practicing with him makes me better," Binkley said. "We also wrestle in the off-season together. I've learned a lot from him. He knows what happens and shows me what I need to know."